Navigation and Controls1. Search panel - Use this to find places

and directions and manage search results. Google Earth EC may display additional tabs here.

2. 3D Viewer - View the globe and its terrain in this window.

3. Toolbar buttons - See below. 4. Navigation controls - Use these to

zoom, look and move around (see below).

5. Layers panel - Use this to display points of interest.

6. Places panel - Use this to locate, save, organize and revisit placemarks.

7. Add Content - Click this to import exciting content from the KML Gallery

8. Status bar - View coordinate, elevation, imagery date and streaming status here.

9. Overview map - Use this for an additional perspective of the Earth.

Street ViewUsing Street View In certain areas, you can view and navigate street-level imagery in much the same way you can in Google Maps. To do this:1.In the Layers panel, check 'Street View'. If this feature is available in the current view, photo icons appear at locations with available views. 2.Zoom in until you can see individual streets. Note that if you are close enough, the photo icons appear as spheres. 3.Click a photo icon. A balloon appears. 4.Click Show full screen. The 3D viewer displays imagery of this location. 5.To move around, double click photo icons that appear on the street. You can also look around, zoom and exit at any time.

The Ocean

Tours

Moon- The Apollo 11 Tour provides an interactive guided tour of the Apollo 11 mission complete with pictures, video, audio, and 3D models.

Other tours are available for download. Click here for more tours.

Resources and ApplicationsResources for Future Learning:• To download Google Earth click

here• Learn how to use Google Earth

features by clicking here• Google Earth help

• Google Earth tutorial

Application to Future Teaching:• Lesson idea for 5th & 6th grade

science• Literature trips around the world

using Google Earth, K-12th grade• Math lessons• Foreign language lesson• Google Earth activities